Syracuse Jr. Crunch
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The Rochester Stars are a Tier III Junior A American
junior
ice hockey
team from Rochester
, New York
. They play in the Eastern Junior Hockey League
. Their affiliates are the Maksymum Junior Hockey Club of the Empire Junior B Hockey League, also in the EmpJHL is the Stars former affiliates the Syracuse Stars Jr. B Team who are not owned by Maksymum Hockey LLC.
, announced plans to operate the Stars and move them to Rochester beginning with the 2010-11 season. They will play at the ESL Sports Centre
.
In 1996, the Syracuse Junior Crunch were founded to play Canadian Junior A in the Metro Junior A Hockey League
, which was absorbed by the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League
in 1998. The team moved to Auburn that year, and was re-named the Auburn Junior Crunch. In 2005 the franchise was sold and renamed the Syracuse Stars, joining the Eastern Junior Hockey League
.
Ryan Callahan
of the New York Rangers
Tim Connolly
of the Toronto Maple Leafs
Colby Cohen
Jeremy Morin
of the Chicago Blackhawks
Matt Murley
Rob Schremp
Tim Sestito
of the New Jersey Devils
Tom Sestito of the Philadelphia Flyers
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
junior
Junior ice hockey
Junior hockey is a catch-all term used to describe various levels of ice hockey competition for players generally between 16 and 20 years of age...
ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team from Rochester
Rochester, New York
Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. They play in the Eastern Junior Hockey League
Eastern Junior Hockey League
The Eastern Junior Hockey League is an American Tier III Junior A ice hockey league. Founded in 1993 by Dan Esdale, the EJHL has fourteen teams from across the Northeastern United States. The EJHL is a member of USA Hockey, and the EJHL champion goes on to play for the National Championship...
. Their affiliates are the Maksymum Junior Hockey Club of the Empire Junior B Hockey League, also in the EmpJHL is the Stars former affiliates the Syracuse Stars Jr. B Team who are not owned by Maksymum Hockey LLC.
History
On December 9, 2009, Maksymum Hockey LLC, based in Rochester, New YorkRochester, New York
Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...
, announced plans to operate the Stars and move them to Rochester beginning with the 2010-11 season. They will play at the ESL Sports Centre
ESL Sports Centre
The Sports Centre at MCC is a 2,500-seat, non-profit indoor athletics facility in the Rochester, New York suburb of Brighton. Located on the campus of Monroe Community College, the arena was built in 1998. It is home to four regulation-size ice rinks for semi-professional, high school, and youth...
.
History
Metro Junior A Hockey League
----The Metro Junior "A" Hockey League was a junior level ice hockey league based out of Southern Ontario. The league originated in 1956 as the Metro Junior "B" Hockey League, which lasted until 1991, when it changed its designation from Junior B to Junior A. It remained a Jr...
, which was absorbed by the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League
Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League
The Ontario Junior Hockey League is a Junior A ice hockey league under the supervision of the Ontario Hockey Association and the Canadian Junior Hockey League. The league dates back to 1954 as the Central Junior B Hockey League. In 1993, the Central Junior B Hockey League was promoted to the...
in 1998. The team moved to Auburn that year, and was re-named the Auburn Junior Crunch. In 2005 the franchise was sold and renamed the Syracuse Stars, joining the Eastern Junior Hockey League
Eastern Junior Hockey League
The Eastern Junior Hockey League is an American Tier III Junior A ice hockey league. Founded in 1993 by Dan Esdale, the EJHL has fourteen teams from across the Northeastern United States. The EJHL is a member of USA Hockey, and the EJHL champion goes on to play for the National Championship...
.
Team Members and Regular Season
The Syracuse Stars hold tryouts in April of each year.. The season starts the day after Labor Day and playoffs finish during the third week of March each year. The schedule includes 45 EJHL regular season schedule games plus three rounds of playoffs.Alumni
In addition to those players which have gone on to play for various college teams, a number of former Stars players have gone on to play at the NHL level, including the following:Ryan Callahan
Ryan Callahan
Ryan Callahan is an American ice hockey forward and captain of the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:Callahan played one year of high school hockey for Hilton High School...
of the New York Rangers
New York Rangers
The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...
Tim Connolly
Tim Connolly
Tim Connolly is an American professional ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League.-Playing career:...
of the Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
Colby Cohen
Colby Cohen
Colby Cohen is an American professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing for the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League as a prospect for the Boston Bruins.-Amateur:...
Jeremy Morin
Jeremy Morin
Jeremy Morin is an ice hockey left winger currently playing in the Chicago Blackhawks organization of the National Hockey League . He played juniors for the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League , where he was drafted in the second-round, 45th overall, of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft by the...
of the Chicago Blackhawks
Chicago Blackhawks
The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They have won four Stanley Cup championships since their founding in 1926, most recently coming in 2009-10...
Matt Murley
Matt Murley
Matt Murley is an American professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for Timrå IK of the Swedish Elite League.-Playing career:...
Rob Schremp
Rob Schremp
Robert Schremp is an American professional ice hockey center currently playing for Modo Hockey of the Elitserien . He was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the first round of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft and has spent time with the New York Islanders and Atlanta Thrashers organizations more...
Tim Sestito
Tim Sestito
Tim Sestito is an American professional Ice Hockey player currently with the Albany Devils of the American Hockey League while under contract to the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League...
of the New Jersey Devils
New Jersey Devils
The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey, United States. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
Tom Sestito of the Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
Season-by-Season results
| Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | P | Results | Playoffs |
| 1996-97 | 50 | 10 | 37 | 3 | ||||||
| 220 | 358 | 23 | 15th Metro A | |||||||
| 1997-98 | 49 | 29 | 16 | 4 | ||||||
| 273 | 219 | 62 | 4th Metro A | |||||||
| 1998-99 1998–99 OPJHL season The 1998–99 OPJHL season is the 6th season of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League . The thirty-seven teams of the Central, East, and West divisions competed in a 51-game schedule... |
51 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 232 | 195 | 56 | 6th OPJHL-E | |
| 1999-00 1999–2000 OPJHL season The 1999–2000 OPJHL season is the 7th season of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League . The thirty-five teams of the North, South, East, and West divisions competed in a 49-game schedule.... |
49 | 9 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 170 | 303 | 22 | 10th OPJHL-E | |
| 2000-01 2000–01 OPJHL season The 2000–01 OPJHL season is the 8th season of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League . The thirty-seven teams of the North, South, East, and West divisions competed in a 49-game schedule.... |
49 | 20 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 195 | 234 | 45 | 8th OPJHL-E | |
| 2001-02 2001–02 OPJHL season The 2001–02 OPJHL season is the 9th season of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League . The thirty-six teams of the North, South, East, and West divisions competed in a 49-game schedule.... |
49 | 20 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 187 | 226 | 45 | 6th OPJHL-E | |
| 2002-03 2002–03 OPJHL season The 2002–03 OPJHL season is the 10th season of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League . The thirty-five teams of the North, South, East, and West divisions competed in a 49-game schedule.... |
49 | 4 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 114 | 308 | 10 | 10th OPJHL-E | |
| 2003-04 2003–04 OPJHL season The 2003–04 OPJHL season is the 11th season of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League . The thirty-five teams of the North, South, East, and West divisions competed in a 49-game schedule.... |
49 | 20 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 192 | 223 | 43 | 7th OPJHL-E | |
| 2004-05 2004–05 OPJHL season The 2004–05 OPJHL season is the 12th season of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League . The thirty-five teams of the North, South, East, and West divisions competed in a 49-game schedule.... |
49 | 8 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 158 | 267 | 22 | 9th OPJHL-E | |
| 2005-06 | 45 | 11 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 127 | 208 | 29 | 13th EJHL | |
| 2006-07 | 45 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 155 | 175 | 46 | 8th EJHL | |
| 2007-08 | 45 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 155 | 120 | 66 | 3rd EJHL | Lost Quarter-final |
| 2008-09 | 45 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 184 | 160 | 55 | 4th EJHL | |
| 2009-10 | 45 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 173 | 163 | 52 | 6th EJHL | |
| 2010-11 | 45 | 13 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 109 | 173 | 29 | 12th EJHL |
Playoffs
MetJHL Years- 1997 DNQ
- 1998 Lost Semi-final
- Syracuse Jr. Crunch defeated Pickering PanthersPickering PanthersThe Pickering Panthers are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Pickering, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of Central Division Hockey but also used to be a part of the Metro Junior A Hockey League.-History:...
3-games-to-2 - Syracuse Jr. Crunch defeated Thornhill Rattlers 3-games-to-1
- Caledon CanadiansCaledon CanadiansThe Caledon Canadians are a defunct Junior "A" ice hockey team from Caledon, Ontario, Canada. They were a part of the Metro Junior A Hockey League and were the only team in the "Metro" to win an Ontario Hockey Association Junior "A" Championship.-History:...
defeated Syracuse Jr. Crunch 4-games-to-3